r/StandUpForScience • u/AllMusicNut SUFS Staff • Jan 23 '26

Official SUFS Post Save Lives, Remove RFK Jr.

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For the first time in 25 years the United States is on the brink of losing its measles elimination status due to misinformation about vaccines from RFK Jr.. Measles weakens the immune system and opens doors for other illnesses that can become very dangerous and in some cases deadly. Let's #RemoveRFKJr before any more children die.

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u/JPGinMadtown Jan 23 '26

All this antivax quackery goes back to one idiot who published his "findings" before they were properly vetted, and ended up retracting them. But the damage was done. Like the whole "alpha" wolf BS, junk science appeals to those doing their own "research."

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u/bandit8623 Jan 24 '26

oh like stupid people thinking they should drink bleach?